Mustafa Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه reproached me, saying that the name of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم (i.e., Muhammad) should not be added here. I quickly asked [with humility]: So what about ‘Muhammad ‘Abdul Hayyee’ [مُحَمَّد عَبْدُ الْحَیّ]? In reply to it, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said: How can you compare ‘Ghulam Aasi’ to ‘Abdul Hayyee’? Having heard this answer, I was amazed by his ‘deep understanding of Islam’.

From the reply of Mufti A’zam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه, we have understood that the name which follows the word ‘Muhammad’ should be applicable to it (such as Muhammad Sadiq). Otherwise, it will be considered incorrect (such as Muhammad Ghulam Husayn). The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is ‘Abdul Hayyee’, therefore, saying ‘Muhammad Abdul Hayee’ is correct, whereas the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is not ‘Ghulam Aasi’, so saying ‘Muhammad Ghulam Aasi’ (i.e. a slave of Aasi) is inappropriate. (Jahan-e-Mufti-e-A’zam, pp. 451)

In addition, there are some other names as well before which it is not appropriate to add the blessed name ‘Muhammad’. For example, ‘Abdul Mustafa, Ghulam-e-Ghaus, Ghulam Jeelani, ‘Ubayd-e-Raza, etc., but sometimes ‘Muhammad’ is added before these names. However, it should also be kept in mind that everyone is not allowed to determine as to before which name they should use the blessed name, ‘Muhammad’, and before which they should avoid using it. So for this, one should contact an authentic Sunni Islamic scholar or Dar-ul-Ifta Ahl-e-Sunnat of Dawat-e-Islami.

مَحفوظ سَدا رکھنا شہا! بے اَدَبوں سے

اور مجھ سے بھی سَر زَد نہ کبھی بے اَدَبی ہو

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

‘Holiday I’tikaf’, one of the 12 Madani activities

Dear Islamic brothers! Have you noticed! Our pious predecessors had great sense of honour. When these blessed personages would see the act of disrespecting the blessed name, ‘Muhammad’, they would get worried and